Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 23–28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual |
Lars Hall Sweden
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Olavi Mannonen Finland
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Väinö Korhonen Finland
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| Team |
 Soviet Union (URS)Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov |
 United States (USA)William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert |
 Finland (FIN)Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
Argentina (1)
Australia (3)
Brazil (3)
Chile (3)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (3)
France (1)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (3)
Italy (1)
Mexico (3)
Romania (3)
South Africa (3)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (3)
United States (3)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Modern pentathlon: 1956 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
External links
[edit]- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
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